ABSTRACT

Record keeping is schools by headmasters, principals and their staff is one of the most crucial aspects of school management and administration. In fact the need for the keeping of adequate and accurate records of all that go on within the school system for effective administration and management of schools can not be over-emphasized. A record according to Ajayi (1995) is kept to supply authentic evidence of a fact or event. In other words, it is information on facts or events preserved and handed down. He noted that record keeping is therefore the art of keeping such information or fact in such a way or manner that it can be retrieved when ever need for administrative purposes arises. Igwe (1990) emphasized that proper record keeping of all related records is very important as they readily form data bank from which any information can easily be extracted at a short notice